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She was purchased for conversion in August, 1916.{{DittColl|p. 52}} | She was purchased for conversion in August, 1916.{{DittColl|p. 52}} | ||
− | ==Service== | + | ==Construction & Service== |
+ | ''Argus'' was designed by Lt.-Col. Holmes of the {{RAF}}. Her hangar could accommodate one of the new eighteen-plane Torpedo Aeroplane Squadrons equipped with Sopwith T.1s and provided for storage of thirty torpedoes. A torpedo shop could store another twenty-eight weapons, which were presumably the [[18-in Mark IX Torpedo (UK)|18-in Mark IX torpedo]]. Steam lines on the flying deck could warm torpedoes as aircraft awaited launch, to try to ensure a stable operating temperature when an attack was launched.{{ARTS1918|pp. 94-5}} | ||
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+ | ''Argus'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 24 January, 1924.{{NLApr25|pp. 215, 216}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | She paid off into Dockyard Control on 2 November, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 215}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | She re-commissioned at the Nore on 19 January, 1927 for service in the Atlantic Fleet, with a Headquarters Flight and Flights 401, 422, and 441 embarked.{{NLFeb29|pp. 215-6}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''Argus'' was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 7 May, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 216}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | She was reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 15 December, 1932.{{NLJul34|p. 215}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''Argus'' arrived at Devonport on 4 July, 1936{{MoS|7 July 1936, p. 11}} was taken into Dockyard Control on 6 July.{{NLJul37|p. 216}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''Argus'' was commissioned at Devonport on 30 July, 1938.{{NLMay39|p. 257}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Argus''"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Argus''"> | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Humphrey Hugh Smith|nick=Humphrey H. Smith|appt=14 September, 1918{{NLJul20|p. 727}}|precBy=New Command}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Humphrey Hugh Smith|nick=Humphrey H. Smith|appt=14 September, 1918{{NLJul20|p. 727}}|end=31 July, 1920{{NLJul20|p. 727}}{{NLJan21|p. 727}}|precBy=New Command}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Anselan John Buchanan Stirling|nick=Anselan J. B. Stirling|appt=31 July, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 727}}<ref>Stirling Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>|end=15 August, 1922<ref>Stirling Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>|end=15 August, 1922<ref>Stirling Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Anselan John Buchanan Stirling|nick=Anselan J. B. Stirling|appt=31 July, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 727}}<ref>Stirling Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>|end=15 August, 1922<ref>Stirling Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>|end=15 August, 1922<ref>Stirling Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis George Gillilan Chilton|nick=Francis G. G. Chilton|appt=15 August, 1922<ref>Chilton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603338}} f. 86.</ref>|end=15 August, 1924<ref>Chilton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603338}} f. 86.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis George Gillilan Chilton|nick=Francis G. G. Chilton|appt=15 August, 1922<ref>Chilton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603338}} f. 86.</ref>|end=15 August, 1924<ref>Chilton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603338}} f. 86.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stanley Lyte Willis|nick=Stanley L. Willis|appt=August, 1924{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stanley Lyte Willis|nick=Stanley L. Willis|appt=15 August, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 215}}|end=9 August, 1926}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Maitland Walter Sabine Boucher|nick=Maitland W. S. Boucher|appt=14 October, 1926<ref>Boucher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/63.|D7605150}} f. 421.</ref>|end=5 November, 1928<ref>Boucher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/63.|D7605150}} f. 421.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Maitland Walter Sabine Boucher|nick=Maitland W. S. Boucher|appt=14 October, 1926<ref>Boucher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/63.|D7605150}} f. 421.</ref>|end=5 November, 1928<ref>Boucher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/63.|D7605150}} f. 421.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Wolfe Murray|nick=James W. Murray|appt=21 November, 1926<ref>Murray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|end=17 January, 1927<ref>Murray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|note=loaned from {{UK-ArkRoyal}} for trials}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Wolfe Murray|nick=James W. Murray|appt=21 November, 1926<ref>Murray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|end=17 January, 1927<ref>Murray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|note=loaned from {{UK-ArkRoyal}} for trials}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Robinson Palmer|nick=Alexander R. Palmer|appt=17 January, 1927 | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Robinson Palmer|nick=Alexander R. Palmer|appt=17 January, 1927<ref>Palmer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/46.|D7603298}} f. 46.</ref>|end=16 June, 1928<ref>Palmer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/46.|D7603298}} f. 46.</ref>}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril St. Clair Cameron|nick=Cyril St. C. Cameron|appt=June, 1928{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril St. Clair Cameron|nick=Cyril St. C. Cameron|appt=16 June, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 215}}|end=August, 1929{{INF}}}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Colin Alfred Molyneux Sarel|nick=Colin A. M. Sarel|appt=27 August, 1929|end=22 April, 1930}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Basil Lyall Johnston|nick=Basil L. Johnston|appt=22 April, 1930<ref>Johnston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/108.|}} f. 465.</ref>|end=15 July, 1930<ref>Johnston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/108.|}} f. 465.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest Russell Archer|nick=Ernest R. Archer|appt=14 July, 1930<ref>Archer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|end=9 September, 1930<ref>Archer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|note=ship is in reserve}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest Russell Archer|nick=Ernest R. Archer|appt=14 July, 1930<ref>Archer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|end=9 September, 1930<ref>Archer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|note=ship is in reserve}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|nick=Cecil | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Edgar Buckland|nick=Arthur E. Buckland|appt=9 September, 1930{{ToL|Naval Appointments|Wednesday, Aug 27, 1930; pg. 15; Issue 45602}}|end=}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Cantrell Johnstone Soutter|nick=James C. J. Soutter|appt=3 March, 1931<ref>Soutter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/127/8.|}} f. 8.</ref>{{ToL|Naval Appointments|Friday, Jan 23, 1931; pg. 6; Issue 45728}}|end=22 May, 1931<ref>Soutter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/127/8.|}} f. 8.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Claud Anthony Merriman|nick=Claud A. Merriman|appt=22 May, 1931<ref>Merriman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/53.|}} f. 408.</ref>{{NLJul31|p. 216}}|end=4 September, 1931<ref>Merriman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/53.|}} f. 408.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|nick=Cecil C. B. Vacher|appt=3 September, 1931<ref>Vacher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|end=14 October, 1931<ref>Vacher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|note=ship is in reserve}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Paul Felix Palmer Berryman|nick=Paul F. P. Berryman|appt=14 October, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 215}}|end=5 June, 1934}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Edward Boultbee|nick=Gerald E. Boultbee|appt=8 June, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 216}}{{ToL|Naval Appointments|Friday, May 11, 1934; pg. 26; Issue 46751}}|end=21 January, 1936<ref>Weir Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/123/98.|}} f. 98.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William David Gordon Weir|nick=William D. G. Weir|appt=21 January, 1936<ref>Weir Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/123/98.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=28 January, 1936<ref>Weir Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/123/98.|}} f. 98.</ref>|note=temporary command}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry James Johnstone|nick=Henry J. Johnstone|appt=22 January, 1936{{ToL|Naval Appointments|Saturday, Dec 21, 1935; pg. 15; Issue 47253}}|end=July, 1936|note=placed into Dockyard Hands for conversion to target drone carrier}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Frederick Hubert Sawyer|nick=John F. H. Sawyer|appt=29 March, 1938{{ToL|Completion of the Argus|Tuesday, Mar 29, 1938; pg. 11; Issue 47955}}|end=26 May, 1938{{INF}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Gordon Benn|nick=William G. Benn|appt=26 May, 1938<ref>Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>|end=3 July, 1939<ref>Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Gordon Benn|nick=William G. Benn|appt=26 May, 1938<ref>Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>|end=3 July, 1939<ref>Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Cecil Bovell|nick=Henry C. Bovell|appt=October, 1939{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Cecil Bovell|nick=Henry C. Bovell|appt=7 October, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=16 August, 1940<ref>Bovell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/28.|D7605784}} f. 28.</ref>}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmund Gerard Noel Rushbrooke|nick=Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke|appt=August, 1940{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmund Gerard Noel Rushbrooke|nick=Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke|appt=16 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=12 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Tom Oliver Bulteel|nick=Tom | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Tom Oliver Bulteel|nick=Tom O. Bulteel|appt=12 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=29 October, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Tothill Philip|nick=George T. Philip|appt=October, 1941{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Tothill Philip|nick=George T. Philip|appt=29 October, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=15 January, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Lockhart St. John Fancourt|nick=Henry L. St. J. Fancourt|appt=January, 1943{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Lockhart St. John Fancourt|nick=Henry L. St. J. Fancourt|appt=15 January, 1943<ref>Fancourt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/123/43.|}} f. 43.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=6 October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}<ref>Fancourt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/123/43.|}} f. 43.</ref>}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Villiers Nicholas Surtees|nick=Villiers N. Surtees|appt= | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Villiers Nicholas Surtees|nick=Villiers N. Surtees|appt=6 October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=3 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Henry Bell Carleton Holmes|nick=Henry B. C. Holmes|appt=3 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=17 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Villiers Nicholas Surtees|nick=Villiers N. Surtees|appt=17 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=27 July, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRNR}}|name=Robert Henry Campbell Crawford|nick=Robert H. C. Crawford|appt=27 July, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=20 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRNVR}}|name=Alan Douglas Bruford|nick=Alan D. Bruford|appt=20 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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− | builder=[[Beardmore]]{{DittColl|p. 52}} | + | builder=[[William Beardmore & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 52}} |
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H.M.S. Argus (1917) | |
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Pendant Number: | N.96 (1919) 49 (Sep, 1919)[1] |
Builder: | William Beardmore & Company[2] |
Launched: | 2 Dec, 1917[3] |
Commissioned: | Sep, 1918[4] |
Sold: | 5 Dec, 1946[5] |
She was purchased for conversion in August, 1916.[6]
Construction & Service
Argus was designed by Lt.-Col. Holmes of the R.A.F.. Her hangar could accommodate one of the new eighteen-plane Torpedo Aeroplane Squadrons equipped with Sopwith T.1s and provided for storage of thirty torpedoes. A torpedo shop could store another twenty-eight weapons, which were presumably the 18-in Mark IX torpedo. Steam lines on the flying deck could warm torpedoes as aircraft awaited launch, to try to ensure a stable operating temperature when an attack was launched.[7]
Argus was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 24 January, 1924.[8]
She paid off into Dockyard Control on 2 November, 1925.[9]
She re-commissioned at the Nore on 19 January, 1927 for service in the Atlantic Fleet, with a Headquarters Flight and Flights 401, 422, and 441 embarked.[10]
Argus was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 7 May, 1930.[11]
She was reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 15 December, 1932.[12]
Argus arrived at Devonport on 4 July, 1936[13] was taken into Dockyard Control on 6 July.[14]
Argus was commissioned at Devonport on 30 July, 1938.[15]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Humphrey H. Smith, 14 September, 1918[16] – 31 July, 1920[17][18]
- Captain Anselan J. B. Stirling, 31 July, 1920[19][20] – 15 August, 1922[21]
- Captain Francis G. G. Chilton, 15 August, 1922[22] – 15 August, 1924[23]
- Captain Stanley L. Willis, 15 August, 1924[24] – 9 August, 1926
- Commander Maitland W. S. Boucher, 14 October, 1926[25] – 5 November, 1928[26]
- Captain James W. Murray, 21 November, 1926[27] – 17 January, 1927[28] (loaned from Ark Royal for trials)
- Captain Alexander R. Palmer, 17 January, 1927[29] – 16 June, 1928[30]
- Captain Cyril St. C. Cameron, 16 June, 1928[31] – August, 1929[Inference]
- Captain Colin A. M. Sarel, 27 August, 1929 – 22 April, 1930
- Commander Basil L. Johnston, 22 April, 1930[32] – 15 July, 1930[33]
- Commander Ernest R. Archer, 14 July, 1930[34] – 9 September, 1930[35] (ship is in reserve)
- Commander Arthur E. Buckland, 9 September, 1930[36]
- Commander James C. J. Soutter, 3 March, 1931[37][38] – 22 May, 1931[39]
- Commander Claud A. Merriman, 22 May, 1931[40][41] – 4 September, 1931[42]
- Commander Cecil C. B. Vacher, 3 September, 1931[43] – 14 October, 1931[44] (ship is in reserve)
- Commander Paul F. P. Berryman, 14 October, 1932[45] – 5 June, 1934
- Commander Gerald E. Boultbee, 8 June, 1934[46][47] – 21 January, 1936[48]
- Lieutenant-Commander William D. G. Weir, 21 January, 1936[49] – 28 January, 1936[50] (temporary command)
- Commander Henry J. Johnstone, 22 January, 1936[51] – July, 1936 (placed into Dockyard Hands for conversion to target drone carrier)
- Commander John F. H. Sawyer, 29 March, 1938[52] – 26 May, 1938[Inference]
- Captain William G. Benn, 26 May, 1938[53] – 3 July, 1939[54]
- Captain Henry C. Bovell, 7 October, 1939[55] – 16 August, 1940[56]
- Captain Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke, 16 August, 1940[57] – 12 April, 1941[58]
- Captain Tom O. Bulteel, 12 April, 1941[59] – 29 October, 1941[60]
- Captain George T. Philip, 29 October, 1941[61] – 15 January, 1943[62]
- Captain Henry L. St. J. Fancourt, 15 January, 1943[63][64] – 6 October, 1943[65][66]
- Captain Villiers N. Surtees, 6 October, 1943[67] – 3 January, 1944[68]
- Acting Commander Henry B. C. Holmes, 3 January, 1944[69] – 17 January, 1944[70]
- Captain Villiers N. Surtees, 17 January, 1944[71] – 27 July, 1944[72]
- Captain R.N.R. Robert H. C. Crawford, 27 July, 1944[73] – 20 November, 1944[74]
- Commander R.N.V.R. Alan D. Bruford, 20 November, 1944[75] – mid 1945[76]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. pp. 94-5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). pp. 215, 216.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). pp. 215-6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 215.
- ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 7 July 1936, p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 216.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 257.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 727.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 727.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 727.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 727.
- ↑ Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
- ↑ Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
- ↑ Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
- ↑ Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 215.
- ↑ Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.
- ↑ Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/46. f. 46.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/46. f. 46.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 215.
- ↑ Johnston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/108. f. 465.
- ↑ Johnston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/108. f. 465.
- ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
- ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 27, 1930; pg. 15; Issue 45602.
- ↑ Soutter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/8. f. 8.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jan 23, 1931; pg. 6; Issue 45728.
- ↑ Soutter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/8. f. 8.
- ↑ Merriman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/53. f. 408.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
- ↑ Merriman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/53. f. 408.
- ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
- ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 216.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 11, 1934; pg. 26; Issue 46751.
- ↑ Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/98. f. 98.
- ↑ Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/98. f. 98.
- ↑ Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/98. f. 98.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Dec 21, 1935; pg. 15; Issue 47253.
- ↑ "Completion of the Argus." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Mar 29, 1938; pg. 11; Issue 47955.
- ↑ Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
- ↑ Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Fancourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/43. f. 43.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Fancourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/43. f. 43.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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Ben-my-Chree | Vindex | Manxman | Nairana | Vindictive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seaplane Carriers from Seized German Steamers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anne | Raven II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Flat Decked Conversions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Argus | Furious | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eagle | Hermes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kite Balloon Ships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canning | City of Oxford | Hector | Manica | Menelaus |